17 Related Articles from 2019-02-15

'Boycott Amazon!' Furious Queens property owner slams tech giant after it nixed New York HQ2. A Long Island City apartment building owner is calling for a nationwide boycott of Amazon and its products after the tech giant pulled out of its plan to build part of its second headquarters in Queens. >>

Amazon Bails and New York Reacts: The City ‘Was Never Really On Board’. After the online retail giant abandoned its controversial plan to open a headquarters in Queens, New Yorkers deconstructed what went wrong. >>

Amazon blasts Ocasio-Cortez, says 'we don't want to work in this environment in the long term'. The fallout from Amazon's decision to walk away from its planned headquarters in New York is ratcheting up after a company spokesman publicly blasted Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other lawmakers, saying they had made it a hostile environment to do business. >>

Amazon dumped New York, but cities still wooing the company. Amazon's breakup with New York was still fresh when other cities started sending their own valentines to the online giant >>

Amazon played us: New York state senator. Continuing to subsidize companies like Amazon puts the wants of the wealthy before the priorities of the people, writes Sen. Michael Gianaris. >>

Could Amazon still pick another HQ2 site after ditching New York?. Amazon's decision to pull out of plans for a new headquarters in Long Island City, Queens reignites hope among cities that lost out on the project. >>

Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart. When Amazon chose the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens to build a new campus, New York's top brass saw it as a major coup but what they didn't anticipate was the deal's eventual unraveling >>

How Amazon blew its chance in New York. The deal was supposed to be foolproof. But by trying so hard to bypass opposition and extract many incentives as possible, Amazon generated more opposition than it bargained for. >>

In Amazon Fight, Progressives Showed What They Want: A New Economic Agenda. The clash has consequences beyond New York, going to the heart of a national debate likely to dominate the 2020 election: What is the best way to spread prosperity? >>

Lawmaker slams Ocasio-Cortez for Amazon protest. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) slams Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for celebrating Amazon's decision to pull the plug on the $2.5 billion deal that would have permanently brought at least 25,000 high-paying jobs to the heart of Queens, New York. >>

New York Did Us All a Favor by Standing Up to Amazon. Yes, Amazon’s departure will modestly hurt the city’s economy. But it’s also a victory against bad economic policy. >>

New York Dodged an Amazon Bullet. Wisconsin Still Faces a Bazooka.. The tech giant’s HQ2 foray fell far short of the boondoggle the Midwestern state is stuck with from Foxconn. >>

New York Returns 25,000 Jobs to Amazon. As the company cancels its plans for a major Queens campus, anti-corporate activists got what they wanted at a great cost. >>

Queens Chamber of Commerce president on Amazon scrapping plans to build second headquarters in New York. Thomas Grech on lawmakers opposing Amazon in New York. >>

WATCH: Amazon cancels plan for New York headquarters. The company received fierce backlash from state lawmakers, progressive activists and union leaders, who said the company did not deserve $3 billion in government incentives. >>

Why the New York Amazon Deal Fell Apart. After community backlash, Amazon has decided not to move forward with its plan to open a headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Here’s a look at what happened. >>